Legal Challenges in Occupational Health for Telework

Abstract

This article summarizes the symposium ‘Legal Challenges in Occupational Health for Telework’ held at the 4th Academic Conference of the Japan Association of Occupational Health Law. Human resources professionals, occupational physicians, occupational health nurses, and attorneys participated as symposiasts, each raising issues they consider important in promoting telework. In the latter half of the symposium, specific cases were presented, and countermeasures and challenges were discussed with audience participation. This symposium provided a valuable opportunity to consider ‘new ways of working.’